Indoor air quality and thermal comfort in temporary houses occupied after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Indoor Air

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 425-437

  Shinohara, N ^a   Tokumura, M ^b   Kazama, M ^c   Yonemoto, Y ^d   Yoshioka, M ^d   Kagi, N ^e   Hasegawa, K ^f   Yoshino, H ^g   Yanagi, U ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KOGAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f AKITA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Great east Japan earthquake; Nitrogen dioxide; Temporary house; Thermal comfort; Volatile organic compound

Indexed keywords

ACETALDEHYDE; AIR QUALITY; EARTHQUAKES; HOUSES; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NITROGEN OXIDES; THERMAL COMFORT;

FUKUSHIMA; GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKES; INDOOR AIR CONCENTRATION; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; INDOOR CONCENTRATION; INDOOR TEMPERATURE; P-DICHLOROBENZENE; TEMPORARY HOUSE; THERMAL CONDITION; TOTAL VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

LEPIDOPTERA;

AIR POLLUTANT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; JAPAN; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EARTHQUAKES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEATING; HOUSING; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; JAPAN; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84904131980     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: 16000668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ina.12082     Document Type: Article

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